State Fails To Protect Children From Tobacco Ads, Report Says

January 17, 2013

New York failed to protect children from tobacco’s marketing tactics by neglecting to invest in programs and policies proven to reduce tobacco use, according to the American Lung Association’s State......

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yankee

Tobacco causes an estimated 25,432 deaths in New York annually and costs the state's economy more than $14 billion in health care costs and lost productivity, a tremendous burden that the state can ill afford.